Wolf Hoffmann

Wolf Hoffmann (born 10 December 1959) is a German musician, primarily known as the guitarist of heavy metal band Accept, having played in all of their lineups since 1976. Since Accept bassist Peter Baltes's departure in 2018, Hoffmann has been the band's longest-lasting member. His work in Accept influenced the development of speed metal, and he is also considered one of the first neoclassical metal players. Hoffmann has released two neoclassical solo albums, Classical (1997¹) and Headbangers Symphony (2016).

Wolf Hoffmann (born 10 December 1959) is a German musician, primarily known as the guitarist of heavy metal band Accept, having played in all of their lineups since 1976. Since Accept bassist Peter Baltes's departure in 2018, Hoffmann has been the band's longest-lasting member. His work in Accept influenced the development of speed metal, and he is also considered one of the first neoclassical metal players. Hoffmann has released two neoclassical solo albums, Classical (1997) and Headbangers Symphony (2016). ===Accept=== At the end of 1975, Hoffmann heard in a local music store that a band called Accept was looking for a new guitarist. The band practiced in the nearby town of Solingen, only a 15-minute drive from Wuppertal. Hoffmann became Accept's guitarist a few weeks before his 17th birthday. Accept was not like the random groups of friends that Hoffmann had played in before. The band members took practice seriously, and they also played gigs locally. After bassist Peter Baltes joined the band half a year after Hoffmann, they started composing new songs for the band together. Their collaboration continued for more than 40 years, and they made most of Accept's songs. Since Restless and Wild Hoffmann has played the majority of all the guitar parts on Accept's studio albums, although the entire band is typically listed on the records. Hoffmann has released 16 studio albums with Accept. The first album Accept was released in 1979¹. In the 1980s the band released seven albums: I'm a Rebel, Breaker, Restless and Wild, Balls to the Wall, Metal Heart, Russian Roulette, and Eat the Heat. In 1989 the band broke up, and it returned in 1992 with the album Objection Overruled. Hoffmann made two more albums, Death Row and Predator, with Accept before the band disbanded again in 1997. Accept made a comeback with Hoffmann in 2009. Since then, the band has released the albums Blood of the Nations, Stalingrad, Blind Rage, The Rise of Chaos, and Too Mean to Die. In July 2022, Hoffmann revealed that he has started writing material for the next Accept album that will possibly be released in 2023¹. ===Work with other musicians=== He contributed to Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach's solo album Bring 'Em Bach Alive! and to a 2000 Japanese tribute to Randy Rhoads album called Randy Rhoads Tribute with Sebastian Bach on "I Don't Know" and with Joe Lynn Turner on "Diary of a Madman". Hoffmann also contributed to Peace Breaker by Skew Siskin.

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